/* --------------------------
 * common utility functions
 * --------------------------
 */

#ifndef PLPY_UTIL_H
#define PLPY_UTIL_H

extern void* PLy_malloc(size_t bytes);
extern void* PLy_malloc0(size_t bytes);
extern char* PLy_strdup(const char* str);
extern void PLy_free(void* ptr);

extern PyObject* PLyUnicode_Bytes(PyObject* unicode);
extern char* PLyUnicode_AsString(PyObject* unicode);

#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
extern PyObject* PLyUnicode_FromString(const char* s);
#endif

#endif /* PLPY_UTIL_H */
